CSC Sustainability Goals

Economic growth, environmental protection, and social positive force constitute CSC's callings to sustainable development. In order to continuously enhance sustainable operation and management at the company, fulfill its commitment to sustainable development, and meet the expectations of its stakeholders, CSC has formulated its environmental, social, and governance (hereinafter referred to as ESG) goals for 2024 to 2031 aimed at contributing to environmental, social, and governance/economic aspects with concrete actions.

Stakeholders' opinions are collected through various channels each year, and ESG goals of CSC are adjusted in coordination with operation and development strategies in a timely manner.

Note: Use  to indicate that the target in 2024 was achieved, and  to indicate that the target was fail to achieve.
Issue Targets in 2024 CSC's Achievements Short-term (2025) Mid-term (2026~2030) Long term(2031~)
GHG Management (Scope 1+2) Reduce carbon emissions by 6% or cumulative reduction of 1.326 million tonnes CO2e. Achieved Reduce carbon emissions by 7% or cumulative reduction of 1.547 million tonnes CO2e. Target in 2030:
    Reduce carbon emissions by 25% or cumulative reduction of 5.525 million tonnes CO2e.
    Aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Note: Based year 2018. Note: Based year 2018. Note: Based year 2018.
Air Pollution
  • 1. Reduce 136.9 tonnes of Particulates.
  • 2. Reduce 803.6 tonnes of SOx.
  • 3. Reduce 11.5 tonnes of NOx.
 Achieved
  • 1. Reduce 157.4 tonnes of Particulates.
  • 2. Reduce 803.6 tonnes of SOx.
  • 3. Reduce 11.5 tonnes of NOx.
 Target in 2030:
  • 1. Reduce 177.9 tonnes of Particulates.
  • 2. Reduce 1,025.6 tonnes of SOx.
  • 3. Reduce 83.5 tonnes of NOx.
 Develop CSC's long-term goals based on "Air Pollution Control Act" approved by the government.
Note: Accumulated pollutants reduction per year (since 2020). Note: Accumulated pollutants reduction per year (since 2020). Note: Accumulated pollutants reduction per year (since 2020). Note: Accumulated pollutants reduction per year (since 2020).
Water Resource Plan the introduction of (alternative sources of) reclaimed water from Hefa industrial parks, and reduce new water consumption by 54.4%. Achieved Continue the stable introduction of reclaimed water from Fengshan River (including the alternative of Hefa Industrial Park) and Linhai reclaimed water, and reduce new water consumption by 57.0%. Target in 2027:
    Plan to increase the wastewater recycling rate, with the expectation of reducing new water consumption by 58.4%.
Target in 2031:
    Moving toward diversified water sources and continuously evaluating the recycle and reuse of the wastewater, with the expectation of reducing new water consumption by 60.4%.
Note: Based on a water consumption of 130,000 cubic meters per day in 2017 when reclaimed water was yet to be introduced. Note: Based on a water consumption of 130,000 cubic meters per day in 2017 when reclaimed water was yet to be introduced. Note: Based on a water consumption of 130,000 cubic meters per day in 2017 when reclaimed water was yet to be introduced. Note: Based on a water consumption of 130,000 cubic meters per day in 2017 when reclaimed water was yet to be introduced.
Energy Management 2015-2024 annual average power saving rate > 1%. Achieved 2015-2025 annual average power saving rate >1.05%. Target in 2030:
    2015-2030 annual average power saving rate >1.1%.
Target in 2032:
    2015-2032 annual average power saving rate >1.5%.
Circular Economy and Coproduction between Steel and Petrochemical Plants Develop power saving technology for coproduction between steel and petrochemical plants with power saving reach 10%. Achieved Select an alternative PSA-CO2 adsorber with CO2/N2 adsorption selectivity greater than 10. Target in 2029:
    Establish a demonstration production line involving coproduction between steel and petrochemical plants that reduces carbon emissions by 240,000 tonnes per year.
Target in 2040:
    Promote the commercial application of co-production between steel and petrochemical plants to reduce carbon emissions by 2.9 million tonnes.
Resource Circulation Management
  • 1. Waste recycling ratio reaches over 90%, and zero solidification landfill.
  • 2. Recycled by-products reaches 366,000 tonnes.
 Achieved
  • 1. Waste recycling ratio reaches over 92%, and zero solidification landfill.
  • 2. Recycled by-products reaches 384,000 tonnes.
    Target in 2030:
  • 1. Waste recycling ratio reaches over 94%, and zero solidification landfill.
  • 2. Recycled by-products reaches 414,000 tonnes.
    Target in 2035:
  • 1. Waste recycling ratio reaches over 94.1%, and zero solidification landfill.
  • 2. Recycled by-products reaches 500,000 tonnes.
Note: Use  to indicate that the target in 2024 was achieved, and  to indicate that the target was fail to achieve.
Issue Targets in 2024 CSC's Achievements Short-term (2025) Mid-term (2026~2030) Long term(2031~)
Talent Development
  • 1. The completion rate of the first year management training for new supervisors is 90%.
  • 2. The core skills training for new mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel is 88%.
 Achieved
  • 1. The completion rate of the first year management training for new supervisors is 92%.
  • 2. The core skills training for new mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel is 90%.
  • 3. In response to the digital transformation trend, at least four related seminars will be held annually.
  • 4. Keep the 4th-level directors (professional level) and technicians ratio ≥ 60%.
 Target in 2030:
  • 1. The completion rate of the first year management training for new supervisors is 95%.
  • 2. The core skills training for new mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel is 92%.
  • 3. In response to the digital transformation trend, at least four related seminars will be held annually.
  • 4. Keep the 4th-level directors (professional level) and technicians ratio ≥ 60%.
 Target in 2031:
  • 1. The completion rate of the first year management training for new supervisors is 95%.
  • 2. The core skills training for new mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel is 92%.
  • 3. In response to the digital transformation trend, at least four related seminars will be held annually.
  • 4. Keep the 4th-level directors (professional level) and technicians ratio ≥ 60%.
Talent Retention
  • 1. Keep the 4th-level directors (professional level) and technicians ratio ≥ 60%.
  • 2. The rate of handover plan for third-level directors and above is 90% a year.
  • 3. Increase the shareholding percentage of the employee shareholding trust to 2.7%.
 Some targets have been achieved, while the failure to meet other is due to the retirement of existing personnel.
  • 1. The rate of handover plan for third-level directors and above is 93%.
  • 2. Increase the shareholding percentage of the employee shareholding trust to 2.85%, to help colleagues prepare for retirement and increase employee retention intentions.
  • 3. The rate of employees returning to work after parental leave ≧80%.
  • 4. Prepare to establish a Baby Care Center.

Target in 2027:
Increase the shareholding percentage of the employee shareholding trust to 3.5%, to help colleagues prepare for retirement and increase employee retention intentions.

Target in 2028:
Daycare enrollment reach 30 babies.

    Target in 2030:
  • 1. The rate of handover plan for third-level directors and above is 95%.
  • 2. Increase the shareholding percentage of the employee shareholding trust to 4%, to help colleagues prepare for retirement and increase employee retention intentions.
  • 3. The rate of employees returning to work after parental leave ≧80%.
 Target in 2034:
  • 1. The rate of handover plan for third-level directors and above is 95%.
  • 2. Increase the shareholding percentage of the employee shareholding trust to 5%, to help colleagues prepare for retirement and increase employee retention intentions.
  • 3. The rate of employees returning to work after parental leave ≧80%.
Employee Care
  • 1. Arrange psychological adaptation seminars.
  • 2. Singles networking events are held with a total of 204 participants each year.
  • 3. Hold two Lohas lectures for the retiring employees every year, with the number of participants reaching 160 a year.
 Some targets have been achieved, while the failure to meet other is due to cost reduction.
  • 1. Contract-based counselors to provide professional on-site service for employees of CSC and its affiliates, and expand the provision to family members.
  • 2. Singles networking events are held with a total of 204 participants each year.
  • 3. Ratio of the Lohas lectures participants ≧50% of the number of retiring employees in the current year.
 Target in 2030:
  • 1. Contract-based counselors to provide professional on-site service for employees of CSC and its affiliates, and expand the provision to Contractor.
  • 2. Singles networking events are held with a total of 204 participants each year.
  • 3. Ratio of the Lohas lectures participants ≧50% of the number of retiring employees in the current year.
 Target in 2031:
  • 1. Contract-based counselors to provide professional on-site service for employees of CSC and its affiliates, and expand the provision to Contractor.
  • 2. Singles networking events are held with a total of 204 participants each year.
  • 3. Ratio of the Lohas lectures participants ≧50% of the number of retiring employees in the current year.
Diversity NA NA Proportion of female employees ≧3.6%. Target in 2030:
Proportion of female employees ≧4.1%. 		Target in 2031:
Proportion of female employees ≧4.1%.
Note: The newly added ESG targets will start in 2025. Note: The newly added ESG targets will start in 2025.
Social Participation
  • 1. Hold at least 8 art and cultural activities each year.
  • 2. Care for low-income households in Siaogang District and engage in rural education, with at least 5,000 people being cared for each year.
  • 3. Organize educational activities related to steel and environmental protection, with at least 8,500 beneficiaries each year.
  • 4. Participate in community empowerment:
    1. (1) Organize at least 2,640 people to participate in environmental greening and beautification works at large-scale community parks and along major arterial roads each year.
    2. (2) Organize at least 1,500 participants each year in the water environment patrol team.
 Achieved
  • 1. Participate in the promotion of art and cultural activities in cooperation with companies under CSC Group and hold at least 10 art and cultural activities.
  • 2. Participate in social welfare activities in cooperation with associations and clubs at CSC and companies under CSC Group, and care for disadvantaged families and rural schoolchildren, with at least 5,500 people being cared.
  • 3. Hold educational activities on campus in cooperation with companies under CSC Group and the CSC Group Education Foundation, with at least 9,000 beneficiaries.
  • 4. Invite companies under CSC Group to participate in community empowerment:
    1. (1) Organize at least 3,200 people to participate in environmental greening, beautification, and cleaning works in local communities.
    2. (2) Organize at least 2,200 people to join the water environment patrol team.
 Target in 2030:
  • 1. Plan a series of activities in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the factory. Invite well-known musicians, symphony orchestras, writers, cultural creative workers and folk art workers to hold art and cultural activities. Encourage collaboration from suppliers and customers to enhance the art and cultural atmosphere, and hold at least 12 art and cultural activities each year.
  • 2. Assist local communities in Siaogang District in establishing community care centers to provide preventive care for the elderly. Continue supporting disadvantaged families, rural school children and the elderly, with an expected reach of over 5,000 people.
  • 3. Invite companies under CSC Group to participate in school adoption and encourage suppliers and customers to respond together. Assist schools in developing specialty education, with at least 9,500 beneficiaries.
  • 4. Encourage local volunteers, suppliers, and customers to participate in community empowerment. Create a high-quality community environment through group strength:
    1. (1) Organize at least 3,200 people to participate in environmental greening, beautification, and cleaning works in local communities.
    2. (2) Organize at least 2,200 people to join the water environment patrol team.

Target in 2031:
Integrate CSC Group's resources and invite CSC clubs and subsidiaries to participate together.

  • 1. Support local arts and cultural groups, as well as folk art workers, to preserve traditional finesse and enhance the art and cultural atmosphere. Plan to hold at least 12 art and cultural activities annually.
  • 2. Engage in comprehensive care for all ages by integrating AI-powered long-term care services. Connect with district offices, village offices, and community care stations to provide long-term care resources, expand service coverage, and enhance service offerings. The expected number of beneficiaries exceeds 5,500.
  • 3. Promote education for sustainability by reaching out to all levels of educational and social institutions to expand its impact across all age groups, aiming to promote environmental sustainability, cultural sustainability, and talent sustainability. The expected number of beneficiaries is over 10,000.
  • 4. Promote community empowerment to create a better living environment and foster coexistence and shared prosperity with the local community. The expected manpower involvement exceeds 5,500 participants.
Occupational Safety
  • 1. Zero major occupational accidents.
  • 2. Employee Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ 0.18.
  • 3. Contractor Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ 0.30.
 A target has been achieved, while the failure to meet others is due to major occupational accidents involving contractors and the contractor disabling injury frequency rate (FR) exceeding the threshold in 2024.
  • 1. Zero major occupational accidents.
  • 2. Employee Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ 0.18.
  • 3. Contractor Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ 0.30.
 Target in 2026:
  • 1. Zero major occupational accidents.
  • 2. Employee Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ [0.18 or the average performance value of the previous five years (2021-2025), whichever is lower].
  • 3. Contractor Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ [0.30 or the average performance value of the previous five years (2021-2025), whichever is lower].
 Target in 2031:
  • 1. Zero major occupational accidents.
  • 2. Employee Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ [control value in the previous five years (2026-2030) or the average performance value of the previous five years (2026-2030), whichever is lower].
  • 3. Contractor Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR) control value ≤ [control value in the previous five years (2026-2030) or the average performance value of the previous five years (2026-2030), whichever is lower].
Note: Use  to indicate that the target in 2024 was achieved, and  to indicate that the target was fail to achieve.
Issue Targets in 2024 CSC's
Achievements		 Short-term (2025) Mid-term (2026~2030) Long term(2031~)
Operational Finance Sales of Advanced Premium Steel reaches 9.5%. Achieved Sales of Advanced Premium Steel reaches 11.8%. Target in 2030:
    Sales of Advanced Premium Steel reaches 20.3%.
Target in 2034:
    Sales of Advanced Premium Steel reaches 26.0%.
Corporate Governance
  • 1. Promote in setting information security targets among subsidiaries.
  • 2. Link ESG annual targets with the managers’ performance evaluation and compensation.
 Achieved
  • 1. Promote publicly listed subsidiaries to sign the TCFD initiative.
  • 2. Publicly listed subsidiaries rank in the Top 20% in the Corporate Governance Evaluation.
  • 3. Number of suppliers adopting the Supplier Code of Conduct ≥3,700.

Target in 2026:
In line with the roadmap for aligning with the 2026 IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards released by the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan, relevant information will be disclosed in accordance with the executive remuneration metrics specified in IFRS S2 "Climate-related Disclosures".

    Target in 2030:
  • 1. At least one publicly listed subsidiary of the CSC Group is selected as a constituent of a domestic or overseas ESG or sustainability fund or index by 2030.
  • 2. Number of suppliers adopting the Supplier Code of Conduct ≥4,500.
 Target in 2031:
  • 1. Publicly listed subsidiaries rank in the Top 5% in the Corporate Governance Evaluation.
  • 2. Number of suppliers adopting the Supplier Code of Conduct ≥4,700.
Business Integrity
  • 1. Real-time identification of laws and regulations ≥95%.
  • 2. Percentage of laws and regulations with unfinished amendments ≤ 3%.
  • 3. Zero major violations.
  • 4. Strengthen the promotion and implementation of the institutional framework for ethics and legal compliance (including protection of trade secrets) applicable to employees (including managers).
  • 5. Organize at least 3 ethical corporate management training sessions or seminars.
Achieved
  • 1. Real-time identification of laws and regulations ≥ 96%.
  • 2. Percentage of laws and regulations with unfinished amendments ≤ 3%.
  • 3. Major violations ≤ 0 cases.
  • 4. Coverage rate of promotion and training on legal compliance and ethical corporate management ≥50%.
  • 5. 100% signing rate of existing intellectual property investigation and confidentiality agreement for new employees.
  • 6. Formulate ethical corporate management policies and related standard operating procedures in accordance with ISO 37001.
 Target in 2030:
  • 1. Real-time identification of laws and regulations ≥97%.
  • 2. Percentage of laws and regulations with unfinished amendments ≤2%.
  • 3. Major violations ≤ 0 cases.
  • 4. Coverage rate of promotion and training on legal compliance and ethical corporate management ≥75%.
  • 5. Pass ISO 37001 certification.
 Annual goals starting from 2031:
  • 1. Real-time identification of laws and regulations ≥97%.
  • 2. Percentage of laws and regulations with unfinished amendments ≤2%.
  • 3. Major violations ≤ 0 cases.
  • 4. Coverage rate of promotion and training on legal compliance and ethical corporate management ≥90%. (Cumulative value calculated every three years)
Information Security
  • 1. Zero major information security incident.
  • 2. 100% implementation of the DNS defense mechanism.
 Achieved
  • 1. Zero major information security incident.
  • 2. The log of information security equipment is 100% centralized.
  • 3. Implement an external network security risk quantification and rating management system.
 Target in 2030:
  • 1. Zero major information security incident.
  • 2. Establish independent information security and maintenance platform with the cloud solution.
  • 3. Integrate security risk quantification tools for information security risk management of CSC's group and supply chain.
 Target in 2031:
  • 1. Zero major information security incident.
  • 2. Integrate and enhance the information security architecture based on Zero Trust.
Smart Production Lines Complete the development of 18 smart manufacturing production lines (9 lines each in 2023 and 2024). Achieved NA NA NA
Note: Starting from 2025, the ESG topic will be revised to Smart Manufacturing. Note: Starting from 2025, the ESG topic will be revised to Smart Manufacturing. Note: Starting from 2025, the ESG topic will be revised to Smart Manufacturing.
Smart Manufacturing NA NA Complete 22 smart manufacturing projects. Target in 2030:
    Complete a total of 85 smart manufacturing projects from 2026 to 2030.
Annual goals starting from 2031: Complete 15 smart manufacturing projects.
Note: Starting from 2025, the ESG topic will be revised to Smart Manufacturing. Note: Starting from 2025, the ESG topic will be revised to Smart Manufacturing.